“Plastic Is The New Black” is the cover of Italian Vogue, June 2009. Designers Prada and Versace featured lucite plastics in recent collections. Plastics have recently adorned models from their jewelry to their heels. This year plastic has become the new trend, from Paris to Milan to New York. Plastic is showing up in a variety of innovative ways including jewelry, shoes and dresses made from plastic bottles. “Plastics Make It Possible” a program sponsored by plastic industries of the American Chemistry Council is parterning with Gen Art to create a nationwide design competition creating womenswear made from fabrics with plastic based fibers. With many advances in technology, todays plastic water bottle can be tomorrows black dress.
